A new small Arthroleptis (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae) from the liberian part of Mount Nimba, West Africa

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2302, 2009, Pages 19-30

  Rödel, Mark Oliver ^a   Doumbia, Joseph ^b   Johnson, Alex T ^c   Hillers, Annika ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Guinée Centre de Recherche et de Formation en Infectiologie de Guinée Guinean infectiology research and training center   (Guinea)

^c Education Department Firestone   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Arthroleptis langeri sp. nov.; Liberia; Mount Nimba; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARTHROLEPTIDAE; ARTHROLEPTIS; NIMBA;

EID: 73849114183     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2302.1.2     Document Type: Article

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